Explore what Imposter Syndrome is, what causes it, and strategies you can use to overcome it.

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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Identify the Patterns Undermining Your Confidence
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Learn how to tackle feelings of inadequacy when transitioning to leadership
Do you ever feel like everyone else seems to know what they’re doing? Well, you’re definitely not alone!
This course will support leaders at the every stage of their management journey. It will help you identify and address negative thought and behaviour patterns that undermine your confidence, and help you to develop your own leadership style and behaviours.
Through this course, you will be empowered to recognise negative behaviours and leadership anxiety, and provided with the tools to help overcome these hurdles as and when they arise.
What topics will you cover?
- The psychology behind Imposter Syndrome
- How to identify your own behaviours and feelings in order to improve them
- How to develop critical reflection skills in order to improve your approach to work
- Explore concepts of integrity in professional interactions
When would you like to start?
Date to be announced
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Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Communicate your change and transformation of professional practice by drawing on knowledge and understanding effective leadership skills and behaviours.
- Demonstrate autonomy and judgement by acting on critical reflection of effective practice and integrity.
Who is the course for?
New leaders, aspiring leaders, and anyone who struggles with feelings of inadequacy in their workplace will benefit from completing this course.
Who developed the course?
University of Southern Queensland
USQ provides career-focused, quality on-campus and online education and has done for over 50 years. USQ has scored five stars for employability and internationalisation (QS Stars rankings, 2019) and is Australia’s No. 1 university for the highest graduate starting salary (Good Universities Guide 2018-20).
Established
1967Location
Toowoomba, Springfield and Ipswich in Queensland, Australia
What's included?
University of Southern Queensland are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:
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- Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
- Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores
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- Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
- Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
- Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others
Map your progress
- As you work through the course, use notifications and the Progress page to guide your learning
- Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control
- Complete 90% of course steps and all of the assessments to earn your certificate
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